1. Once you are tagged, post a picture of where you blog2. Feel free to tell us a little about your space3. Tag five other bloggers to show their blogspots4. If you are tagged and do not participate, you will become allergic to cabbage (and we don't want that now, do we?) !!!

So, this my pc desk at my place... this is where most of the surfing, twittering and blogging happens! Things within my close reach usually include: my cell phone, pens and pencils, my little notebook (the one I use for making lists and haul planning, I 'm sure you all have one!), magazine stash (issues I haven't read yet or issues with interesting articles - this FREE one has an article on twitter), the occasional drink, and some nail polish (usually it's a clear one)... Can't function without these...:)What are you wearing right now?I 'm wearing a pair of Nike dri-fit pants and my pj top! Oh the glamour! But hey, it's a lazy Sunday, right?

What's the last thing you read/are currently reading?I 'm currently reading Angels & Demons, for quite a few days now, but still haven't finished it...:( It's an easy read, but I need to pick up the pace! The 650 pages in total aren't helping...:)Do you nap a lot?Not really. I only nap when I feel exhausted, and that's if I haven't slept well or enough in the past couple of nights...

Who was the last person you hugged?That would be my bf, I gave him a welcome hug a few minutes ago!

What's your current obsession/addiction?Distressed/ripped acid wash jeans (think I 'll get another pair), cool jewellery, bright pink nails (Essie 's Punchy Pink is up next) and finding a cool, sexy pair of black heeled sandals, I haven't had any luck finding anything like that - if you can help me out, I 'd really apprecciate it!!!

What's for dinner?BBQ Chicken breasts (cos it's BBQ Sunday)! If it were any other day, I 'd have a real problem trying to answer this (I 'm so bad at planning meals beforehand) !!!

What was the last thing you bought?A pair of flat sandals! Oh, and a card for my cell phone to renew my speaking time! :)What are you listening to right now?Cheesy music from a tv commercial!!!If you could have any super power, what would it be?Hmm! That's a tough one! I 've watched Charmed for years and I 've always thought all of their powers were so cool, not to mention they would come really handy: telekinesis, premonition, and freezing time... they 'd turn any bad day into an amazing one!!! But if I had to pick only one super power and have it forever, I 'd like to be able to heal people. The thought of someone I love not being well is a scary one...What is your favourite weather, and why?Ideally it would be the weather that would make the most of my wardrobe! That would be on the warmer side, but still allowing to add a leather jacket or a cute cardigan on a chilly evening!However I love any weather with variety: give me a 7 days of excessive and non-stop heat/rain/cold and you 'd have me cranky beyond words...:)

What time do you usually get up?This is the part where I admit that my patterns are all over the place...! So, unfortunately the time I get up changes almost daily (I don't need to get up everyday for school at a specific time anymore). Usually I 'm up by 11-12 if I don't have to run errands etc.What is your most challenging goal right now?To get good grades on my upcoming exams!

Say something to the person who tagged you:Thank you so much for tagging me Miss TalluluhBella !!! You are such a sweet girl and I love how we seem to have a similar taste on makeup and clothes! Always looking forward to your next posts! Oh, and I want your striped cardi! :)))) ;)

If you could have a house- totally paid for, fully furnished- anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be? Another tough one... Oia, Santorini would be my top choice though, the view from there is simply jaw-dropping!!!

Favourite vacation spot?Right now, it would be anywhere with the three "s" 's: sea, sand and sun!What is your favourite item of clothing?Surprisingly enough I 'd pick a black top with sequined wings as straps...It's a unique item in my wardrobe, but I said "surprisingly" because I don't reach for it that much! Other favourite items are my skinny jeans, my black wrap/cardigan and a black roll-neck.Favourite pair of shoes you keep going back to over and over, even though your closet is overflowing with a zillion others?My silver leather hi top Chuck Taylor's! I love super high heels, but if I 'm in a hurry and need to just put on a pair and go, then those would be it!

Name one thing you cannot live withoutFood, of course! But I wouldn't be happy without the people I love...

What time is bed time?2 am or 3 am, or even later... My twitter friends can attest to that! :)

So, MAC 's latest "A Rose Romance" collection (well, latest where I am anyways) reminded me of another rose - embossed product, that I 'm not sure received as much love as it should have, but is however, one of my favorite beauty purchases of the year:Please meet The Body Shop Roseflower Blush in Pink:This lovely blush came out with the Roseflower collection for Spring '09 and is unfortunately no longer available, but still worth mentioning...!

The one I have is the lightest of the two that came out with that collection and it's in "01: pink". I 'd describe it as a light baby pink colour infused with really subtle gold shimmer. It's a bright pink colour, but not an intense one, so you can easily get away with a heavier hand! The special part about this blush is the rose design carved into it: it's made of pink glitter, so, when you swirl the brush over the product and apply it, you get the flattering effect of flushed glowy cheeks without much effort! In that sense, I don't use a highlighter over it, as it could be a bit overwhelming...

This is me wearing it along with some smokey eyes and nude lips...:)

And, to complete the rose theme, it also smells like roses! Luckily, only so in the packaging and not on the cheeks, as that could have quickly irritated the most sensitive noses...:)

How do you feel about rose embossed products lately, or rose inspired ones in general?

Just another editorial that appeals to me for some reason...even though the "biker meets rocker meets hooker" style isn't something I would go for in reality....:)

Featured on the March issue of Elle magazine.

The fierceness of the pics can only be topped by the fierceness of the designer pieces featured: sandals by Alexander Wand, Givenchy and Rodarte, clothes by Maison Martin Margiela and Balmain with some touches of Gucci, Fendi and Dior...

So, you remember the feeling you get when you see someone wearing something (be it clothes, accessories or beauty products) and it looks so good on them that you just have to try it out yourself?Well, that's the feeling I 've been having since checking out this stunning nail polish combination on Emma's (aka Magpie Sparkles) blog. EPIC indeed! ;)

Naturally, it was only a matter of time before I tried it out myself, so here I present you:

The little miracle product used to achieve this effect is the Shu Uemura nail enamel supplement mineral in glitter (miss Magpie Sparkles used the full sized bottle in glitter-PA885, unfortunately mine only says "glitter" on the back, but it was the only one I could find).

It's basically a clear nail polish, which combines micro-glitter particles with larger reflective flakes and it never fails to impress even after only one coat. Personally, I layer it over an opaque colour and...boom! Effortlessly sparkly, dramatic nails! Thanks Emma...! :)

As embarassing as it might be, I thought I 'd give you all a little look into my first (but hopefully not the last) MAC palette (my quads don't really count...):

Starting from the top row left we have: Honesty, Saddle, All that Glitters, Satin Taupe, Amber Lights and Top Knot (second row).

Sadly, this is quite an unfinished business and I 'm nowhere near where I wanted to be after 5-6 months of buying makeup, but trying to keep up with all the new collections, while acquiring items from the permanent one, has proven to be a bit more difficult than I thought...

How long did it take you to complete your first MAC palette and what colours did you go for? :)

As you 've probably figured out from the title, the issue I 'd be addressing today is that of fake MAC brushes.So, a few months ago, being quite a makeup newbie (and I am one still), I made the huge mistake of going to ebay for my first MAC brushes. I got a 224 and a 219 from a seller with pretty good feedback, who didn't sell anything else beauty related besides MAC brushes (that should have been a give-away, but whatever).

Of course, having no previous MAC brush experience, I didn't suspect they were fakes. But slowly, as I kept expanding my brush collection, I realised these two were not quite the same as the rest...Can you notice what's wrong with them at this point?

Ok, so let's take a closer look at the 224:

The fake one (on top) has clearly less bristles than the original one and obviously lacks its dome-like shape. The MAC insignia is also different: notice how the diagonal lines of the M of the fake one meet one another leaving a small gap, when they should be one on top of the other like on the original one? The A is different too: the horizontal line of the fake doesn't go to the far left as it should. And the numbers...they just look like someone used a different font, right?

What about the 219? Same here. I am comparing it to a 219SE one, as this is what I have. The lettering and numbers are still wrong. Also, did you look at the bristles of the fake one? They look hard and are too, they practically scratch your lid, nothing like the smooth bristles of the original 219.

A couple of other things you should be aware of:a) the printing of the country that the brush was manufactured in, andb) the glitter contained in the black varnish :in the original brushes they both tend to be more subtle, however, this is difficult to tell, especially if you don't have the fake and the original side by side (I 'm not sure this is even picked up by the camera - fake one on top).

Also, if you softly press your finger against the top of a fake one, it splays easily - the original maintains its shape a lot more, since it's denser and of better quality.

So, please, learn from my mistake: try to avoid ebay for MAC brushes, if possible. If not, check the feedback of your seller - if there is as much as one negative or neutral comment concerning authenticity, please steer well clear. Apart from that, what other items does your seller have for sale? Are they a beauty seller? Are the rest of the items genuine or smell fishy? What is their refund policy?

Hopefully, by having that in mind, you won't get scammed like me and you 'll be able to enjoy your brush, not only because it does the job, but because it's an authentic item too... :)